Standard & Poor's Announces Changes to U.S. Index
April 24 2006 - 7:07PM
PR Newswire (US)
NEW YORK, April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard & Poor's will make
the following changes to the S&P SmallCap 600: -- Wilshire
Bancorp Inc. (NASD: WIBC) will replace Artesyn Technologies Inc.
(NASD: ATSN) after the close of trading on Friday, April 28, 2006.
Artesyn is being acquired by S&P 500 constituent Emerson
Electric Co. (NYSE:EMR) in a deal expected to close on or about
that date, pending final approval. -- Deckers Outdoor Corp. (NASD:
DECK) will replace J. Jill Group Inc. (NASD: JILL) after the close
of trading on Monday, May 1, 2006. J. Jill is being acquired by The
Talbots, Inc. (NYSE:TLB) in a deal expected to close on or about
that date, pending final approval. Standard & Poor's will
monitor these transactions, and post any relevant updates on its
website: http://www.standardandpoors.com/. Wilshire operates a
California state-chartered commercial bank. Headquartered in Los
Angeles, CA, the company will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600
GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Regional Banks
Sub-Industry index. Deckers Outdoor specializes in footwear and
apparel for outdoor, sports and other lifestyle-related activities,
as well as for casual use. Headquartered in Goleta, CA, the company
will be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 GICS Footwear
Sub-Industry index. Following is a summary of the changes: S&P
SMALLCAP 600 INDEX - April 28, 2006 COMPANY GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR
GICS SUB-INDUSTRY ADDED Wilshire Bancorp Financials Regional Banks
DELETED Artesyn Technologies Industrials Electrical Components
& Equipment S&P SMALLCAP 600 INDEX - May 1, 2006 COMPANY
GICS ECONOMIC SECTOR GICS SUB-INDUSTRY ADDED Deckers Outdoor
Consumer Discretionary Footwear DELETED J. Jill Group Consumer
Discretionary Catalog Retail Additions to and deletions from an
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